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wmotslbsf aib(i)ihmliasl ' l it salisbury n c tuesday august 19 1823 no 167 rzv asd rnillshep evbttt wÂ£Â£k * br philo white the public are respectfully irformed that the mercantile business which has been for a number of years transacted bv daniel civss sen of salisbury will in future be con elucteel by me in the same building where ev ery necessary attention and particularity will he given to render satisfaction to those who may please to favor me with their custom from the raleigh regiiter correspondence with 900 different per sons were the business to be commit ted to the professor of chemistry and min fcrology in our university to-whom it seems most naturally to fall it is obvious that not more than one-fourth part ofthe year could be employed in excursions although a general attention might proba bly be given to the subject in tbe way oi correspondence and the collection of spe cimens throughout the year the em ploy ment of so much time as would be necessary to make these investigations and to digest the result of them in a de tailed report might demand some com pensation ; but from the tenor ol the let hat gentleman provements 1 t solicitous ot compensation expecting to degree in the f the interests his own im i at any rate 1 he willing to ith the board report of his ty â€” the com that the legislature would not hesitate to lend their aid to the entepiize if fairly brought before them from any quarter if the fact be so it car.nol be doubted that tbe proposi'ion would be certain to meet with a favorable rrc-p'i <. if h-id before them by thc board of agriculture agriculture of * rms cf the wastern carolinian will â€¢ be as follows : dollars per annum payable yearly in letter vill conc.nsion gocharle^isher esq secretarv oflhe rowan agricultural society sir : i trust it has v v i already shown that a geological survey of the state would have a great tendency to advance the interests of agricuhute and all the useful aitsv â€” to multiply the resources and enhance the permanent and intrisic value of individual estates and conse quently ofthe state at large but what vast enterprise is it that prom ises so many benefits to thc community and recommends itself to our attention by so manv unquestionable authorities one dematidh the he toh paper sent at a distance will be discon fterthe tin*e has expired for which it i paid for dnleffl the subscriber is known indeed should di the foregoing resour ces fail the hoard rould undoubtedly raise the funds in question hy private sub scription such a plan strongly recom mended by their authority and to be ex ecuted under their watch and direction would be entitled to special confidence and would have greatly the advantage over similar propositions when brought forward by a private individual t would even indulge the hope that our state em braces more than one wealthy citizen who like the distinguished citizen of al banv mentioned in mv last letter would giaelly take such an opportunity to shov that his patriotism and public spiiit wero commensurate with his fortune from tbe foregoing considerations i cannot but think that the board of agriculture will have it in their power to support the ex penses of geological surveys on any se^ale they may choose to adopt but what particular expedients they might think most eligible for raising the neces sary funds i would submit to their wis doin to elecide edward cress salisbury mirch 28 1823 47tf 1 in the latter case the paper will be paid for and ordered to be ste>pt c v t \*\> wc s m \\ uig . the coppersmithing and tin plate business heretofore transacted by d cress sen will in future b â– conducted by me at the same place those who favor me with their custom may de pend on having their work done with neatness durability anel despatch may 14 edward cress \\ ill be inserted at fifty cent9 re for the first insertion anel twenty-five each subsequent one advertisements stance must be paid for or their pay unied by a responsible person before bev published rowan l j u(ui-;iÂ».'i v kstaijlishment asmmpf!n^si y a " act ? f lk " 1:wt rp^slature thc county 1 11 gauulijn a !> court of rowan i a-i!w:zed to s-.'l the w stokes countv | present poor-house estab sn if and with the wit pleas and quarter sessions june ' proceeds Â»*>Â«Â«Â«$ ''' m â– Â»Â« *****, d ri 1823 constantine l banner w other buildings ... mi , more central si l winston original attachment le 1 - i '".'"- the county c h accordingly have thirty-five acres of iknd it appearing , a committee to ascertain what can itisfaction ofthe court that the defen ! be obtained f r -..- â€¢ lands and improvements bert l winston is an in inhabitant of and to m:tk ' * m ; "' ' i lhe s:ullc ; he pt*nu government it is therefore ordered that sts ' " s!s j s . of 200 aeri of land the greater ion be made in the western carolinian . i 5 ""- Â°* v ' ch s v Â«â€¢' d nd ' a " ri l t ' l " l1 Â°* n,n Â« reeks requiring the said robert i w in 'â– y *""Â« log houses tl ere is also a spring of be and apnea at the next court of extent water near the houses d quarter sessions to he held for the i ' h z 8uh Â» m ' * 'Â» " c ' ve proposals for ihe f stokes at the court house in german p 5 c > ;'â– " ; :"' .. , '< ' fr '. m "" h ' 5 he second monday in september next > , " t ' the â€ž ot the ensuing august 1 there to replevy pleau or demur o i ( ' onn -. . pers f ns ' sh,n s t0 pÂ«n:hase will state judgment will be rendered against him i 1 " b the price they arc willing to give g to the plaintiff's demand and the terms ot payment nrtwav j matthew l moore c c^^^^^^^^^^^^^ly l , zdm adv s4 fl ters addresseel to the editor must be or they will net be attended to bankruptcy ? like the alps ike the hnite grand anal or like open tne navigation of ers does this undertaki nations that threaten fi lances of the state ? quiiiniranv surhp^pl flitures the whole cont of the enterpiise thoum some consequence to 0ft t3 small fortune is almos^*too small a sun to ask cf ibe legist rfe of a great sta'e â€” an expense so limited indeed that il is believed the board of agriculture may sustain it without curtailing their other objects or certainly with such%id as they might easily obtain still if the enter piize is worth undertaking at alffcit should doubtless be projected on no mean scale but nn a scale sfficienlly extensive to cones pond with the magnanimity of the'object in view and to comport with the dignity j of the state in an application made on ti i c subject several years ago io the board i ol i tern d improvements a trilling sum was named but this it is understood was designed merely for the purpose of a small experiment lo enable that body to judge better respecting the value of the object and its bearing on the peculiar interests committed to their charge it is said that the board were unanimous in their opinion respecting the utility of the plan proposed and that a great part ol the members thought that its objects fell sufficiently within their province to warrant their making an appropriation for it ; but owing to tne t upks ol a few it was thought besi to recommend the measure to the legislature for special patronage ltwasaicordingly submitted aud was adopted in the commons una nimously ; but being introduced into the senate during the hurry of business quite at the close ofthe session it was thrown aside without much consideration on the whole however this trial was suffi cient to show that the proposition was regarded in a very favor.ble light by the board of internal improvements by the moat numerous branch of the legislature and by the public the small sum that was named . t ihat time which was only one hundred dollars cannot be consider ed however as a fair criterion by which to estimate the expences of the under taking now contcmplf ted ; since that sum as the application itself declares was in tended merely by way of experiment a fairer estimate of the probable expences ofthe entei prize e ontemplated at present may be made out from the following state ments â€” in order to make such a survey of the state as may be sufficient to accom plish these useful ends proposed several years will be required ; though it is ho ped and believed lhat immediate benefits will result and that in all cases the be nefits will be commensurate with the part of the enterpt ize already accomplished but we must reflect that our state is equal in extent to some of the most considera ble kingdoms of the old world embracing nearly 50,000 square miles to make a complete survey of so large a territory would imply immense labor ; but to make such on examination as would have a great tendency to bring to light those useful substances before enumerated would not require those minute observations which would be necessary to a complete and scientific survey to accomplish this however it would be necessary for the geologist to travel into various parts of the state â€” to cross it a number of times from east to west â€” and occasionally to blast rocks and make excavations but much also might be done by a correspond ence with men of intelligence and much by collecting specimens which when as sembled from various parts of the state and carefully compared would lead to important conclusions without the ne cessity of personal observations the expenses then would be such as would ac crue from travel including an attendant â€” from such ocsasional operations as ex cavating and blasting and from an ex tensive correspondence sir john sin clair in collecting materials for his sta tistical account of scotland carried on a j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^pnil llli ll ii|iiiiiiiii bp^^^^^b^^^jtuul the ;â– ,.;â– [ it ot his services.-^leaving then the payment of personal services out oflhe question tbe actual expenses io be defrayed might be from three to four hundred dollars a year the appropriation to be commenced under the expectation of being continued for several years but stjfl subje ct to be withdrawn if at any time it should appear desirable t_t the proper authority to elo so under whose direction and at whose ctfirge shall the survey be carried â– u ? 1 concur with you sir entirely in the opinion that the enterprize ought to be under the direction of the board of ag riculture i beg leave to offer my rea sons in order i have now sir concluded the observa tions which were suggested to my mind by ihe proposition offered to the public bv tbe rowan agricultural society it appeared to me that our mineral resour ces are great hut they remain for the most part useless because thev are so lit tle known ; â€” that they are in their nature of very great practical utility in relation to agriculture and the atts and is proved both by actual enumeration of the sub stances themselves and by the most res pectable authorities ; â€” that tl.e expense lequired to explore them is inconsidera ble compared with the benefits likely to accrue from such an entcrpiize ; â€” that this may be sustained by the board of ag riculture and that the undertaking wiil be most advantageously conducted under their auspices i have heard ifsuggested that the publication of these letters is premature â€” that it ought to have been deferred at least until the organization of the board of agriculture since " what is committed to the perishable columns of a newspaper soon sinks into oblivion ; and accordingly the considerations urged re specting the importance and utility of making a geological survey will be for gotten long before the meeting of that body if sir any such want of judgment is implied in calling the attention of our citizens to this subject at so early a stage of our operations to improve the state of our agriculture and domestic arts i must impute the blame to the rowan so ciety by whose proposition as presented by yourself my remarks have been elici ted but it seemed to me desirable that the public should be made more explicit ly acquainted with the natuie and design of such an enterprize some time before those who are entrusted with its general interests should be cailed on to act in be half of their fellow citizens july 18 1323 north carolina yottce there mill be sold at thc court house in salisbury on thursday of august court the balance of unsol personal propertj belonging tothe hon v locke deceased viz waggon geers c and a few othe s:;.a'l articles eight months credit will he given ami bond anel secu rity required n b all persons indebteel to the estate of said dec'd are carni stly requested to make pay ment as longer indulgence will not he given all those havi g claims may present them anel receive pay i:j::7s rot'l ex'r iredell county rt of pleas and quarter sessions may ssion 1823 james torrence vs charles tier original attachment levied in the f alfred d kerr and he summoned as ee ; also on one negro boy it appear tie satisfaction ofthe court that the ele in this cause resides out of this state it fore orelereel that publication be made in stern carolinian for three months succes that unless the defendant appear before art on the first day of the next term to for the county aforesaid at stat es il ic on xl monday in august next and replevy perty levied on and plead to tlie said the plaintiff will be heard ex parte and nt rendered against said defendant pro 1 it is proposed to give to the surveys in question such a shape as will be pecu liarly aelapted to the objects of the board namely the improvement of agriculture and rural economy 2 this body is in its constitution well adapted to such a purpose being coin posed of such as will probably be pecu liarly able to comprehend the relations which such surveys bear to the special interests committed to their charge of such as may inspire the hope that they wi be governed by no local or narrow feelings but will bend their exertions to wards those great and commanding ob jects which involve the interests of the community at large even were the le gislature to extend their immediate pa tronage to the proposed surveys it would still probably be best to have them con ducted under the direction of the board of agriculture 3 1 hat board would be the most suit able organ through which to communi cate the practical results of such labors to the public of a variety of matter that might be presented to their notice they would be lhe best judges of that which would be most important and uselul to their constituents and that they might publish in their transactions matter which thus came recommended to the community by iheir sanction and autho rity would acquire more confluence be more extensively read and more fully re duced to practice than what comes from a single unsupported individual with regard to their means of defray ing the expenses of the undertaking i have no doubt of their ability to do that should they be disposed to engage in it with vigor and perseverance it may be doubtful however whether it would be safe to rely on any aid from the county societies as you propose it would pro bably be difficult to effect any general concert among them and partial contri butions would operate unfairly but i be lieve the board will not find it necessary to have recourse to them for assistance i hey will find the funds placed at their disposal more than adequue to the ac complishment of those sceptic objects meniioned in the act ; and doubtless it was not the intention of that act to limit their views to the few objects enumerat ed but to commit to their direction the general interests of agriculture and the useful arts it is believed therefore that a portion of their actual funds may be appropriated to surveys in perfect con formity with the spirit and design of their appointment if as you suppose the state agricultu ral society has necessarily become extinct by the late arrangements and the board of agriculture is its legitimate successor i see no objection to its being also invested with any remaining funds of the institu tion to be applied as suggested in your proposition but should the board be unable to sup port the surveys by either or both of these resources may we not hope that they could obtain special aid from the legisla tuie it is believed by many good judges j 25 1823 luvn wivy t^eo '.'",' he 1 subscriber on the b Â£'.'â– *, w^z jj^p 1 -^ eight or thirty vears of age live carolina | m j fe six i.r sevtiiinches high yrl w ___ **_*-* 5 li low complexion say a inulatio kt>r rirk ., c0un j y u iao f i ' has a dentin his forehead occa or court of law march term 182b j .. s - 1()ned bv a blow a i so a waa on fe penington ezekiel penington : h5s hmd fmm a hurt ha9 a sct teethj for divorce and alimony it appearing b()m appearance blgb n08l . in i vv , rs a paip of itisfrction of the court that the elefen vvm j me took wit!l bim lari ,â€ž is c ] otb j iur , us case resides without tne l.n.its of this mi obtained a peri nit to pass to mr matthew is therefore ordered by the court that ; i rr : s Â» on be made in the star and western j â– anvpcrsonnp p rf l,endir.g sale negro and con in for three months that the defendant | fin1 - ,'â€žâ€ž, n a , v ja ;, â€ž â€ž,.. , nlted gtate it the next superior court of law to be j sq u|at , t w ; shi .â€ž ,, . iberallv rewarded the county of burke at the court-house | and a , re Â£, onabb expenses paid by their giv knton.on the fourth monday of sept em j llfi>rma .- mn to mr . benjamin colquett ithen and there topleadto said petition ] grcensb , rpugil . geo denni * wa8 purc | iast . c i the petition will be heard ex parte . t]u . i , c Â° lquett near frederickstown ma w\ma aceorflinerlv ' ' i 1 ... i .,' ,:, ,.., c , a vv mi vowiv r n v r r n and twelve 1 . t.i past m . w w lrwin c ii s c j \\ illiam alexander â– w^^____mm 1 r simontox cl'k lest adv 3 mt71 may 30 te o,1l noyhi carolina iredell county riou court of law spring term 1823 harine cowan vs thomas cowan pe r divorce in this case it is ordered by jrt that publication be made for three in the star and western carolinian that iendanl appear at the next court to be the county of iredell at the court house sville on the 5th monday after the 4th - in september next and plead answer nr otherwise judgement will be had pro >, and the cause heard ex parte witness r \\ okke cvk adv s4 3ir,t'71 l\-.ai\-.l\\ay or ijjrow the subscriber on the 4th july a mulatto fellow narr tl rill 23e>r 24 years of age 5 feel 4 or 5 inchi ? high with a remarkable sin gular mark on the right side of his nose rather of a purple colour h.s clothing not recollecteel he has been in ihe ja ! of salisbury i will gi e a reward of 0 dollars to any per son who will deliver the said ntgro to mc or se cure him in jail so i may get him or 25 dollars if stolen on delivery of him anel the thief if he has a free pass i will gne a reward of 50 dol lars for the delivery ol him and the person who pave it to him upon its being satisfactorily pro ven that he is the person i purchased said ne gro of dr isaae philips of rockingham county samuel guy iredell county a'h july 1823 62tf if the british board of agriculture which has been established about 30 years are admitted to the plea that their plans have not had time to be fully developed then surely it would be unreasonable to expect that all the advantages which our efforts to develope the resources of the state and to improve the condition of it agriculture and arts are to produce should be apparent al the very commence menl of those efforts we show that geology has a great tendency to lead to useful dis coveries ; but we do not assert that all the discoveries it has a tendency to make will appear at once while therefore we would wish to guard against fallacious hopes and unreasonble expections we may still confidently assert that the chance of making useful discoveries in this state is unusually fair both because its mineralogy is so rich and diversified and because it has been so little explored but were no new discoveries to be made it would be a sufficient reason for investi gating the resources of our geology 3hould nothing more be accomplished than merely to ascertain the extent and describe the various practical uses of cer tain minerals already known to exist among us and it may deserve to be dis tinctly remembered that the expenses of the undertaking would be refunded to th community with extravagant interest by the discovery i do not say of all the use ful substances before enumerateel but of a single bed or vein of any one of them te o voi*t carolina iredell county tt of equity spring term 1323 iliam sloan vs samuel carson david andrew carson william carson ele rson mary carson james scott a-id his rtha jacob weathetby and his wife mar iriginal bill for the conveyance of bind ring to the satisfaction ofthe court f hat e elefendants hve beyond the limits of c it is therefore ordered by the court lication be made in the western caro r three months successively that unless ndants appear at our next court to be the county of iredell at the conrt n statesville on the fifth monday after th monday in september next then and plead answer or demur otherwise judg ii be taken pro confesso as to them and heard ex parte john n hart c m c e s4 3mt"6 house for sale mmvt t will sell my house and lot in sa h'gjrtj ft lishury on accommodating terms apply to t l cowan esq or to myself in ra leigh there is a good office belonging to the lot convenient for a lawyer or physician john beckw1th salisbury march 8 1823 44tf north carolina buncombe county county court july term 1823 jas m alexander vs john b craige ; original at tachment levied on land geo swain vs john b craige ; original attachment levied on land swain & gray'r john b craige ; original at tachment levied on land it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant in these cases lives without the limits of this state so that the ordinary process of the court cannot be served on him : it is therefore ordered that publication be made in the western carolinian six weeks successively for the defendant to ap pear at a county court to be held for buncombe county at the court house in asheville on the second monday after the fourth monday in sep tember next then and there to replevy and plead answer or demur to the plaintiff's de h.anels otherwise judgment final will be render ed agreeably to the stveral complaints filed test john miller cl'k 6t71 le o rs'oytli carolina rowan county 1rtor court of law april term 1823 : e weaver va william weaver peti orce it appearing to the satisfaction of irt that the defendant is not an inhabi this state it is therefore ordered by the iat publication be made for three months vestern carolinian printed in salisbury i defendant appear at the next superior f law to be held for the county of kow le court house in salisbury on the se oiulay after the fourth monday in sep next then and there to plead answer ir or the petition will be heard ex parte hy giles c s c adv g4 3mt70 under these impressions i shall leave the subject to be prosecuted by those who may feel convinced of its importance and be disposed to lend a hand io help it for ward if any such exist among us or to sink into oblivion if no mich signs of favor appear respectfully yours blanks of the various kinds commonly in use for sale at the office ofthe westehn carolinian walter raleigh

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wmotslbsf aib(i)ihmliasl ' l it salisbury n c tuesday august 19 1823 no 167 rzv asd rnillshep evbttt wÂ£Â£k * br philo white the public are respectfully irformed that the mercantile business which has been for a number of years transacted bv daniel civss sen of salisbury will in future be con elucteel by me in the same building where ev ery necessary attention and particularity will he given to render satisfaction to those who may please to favor me with their custom from the raleigh regiiter correspondence with 900 different per sons were the business to be commit ted to the professor of chemistry and min fcrology in our university to-whom it seems most naturally to fall it is obvious that not more than one-fourth part ofthe year could be employed in excursions although a general attention might proba bly be given to the subject in tbe way oi correspondence and the collection of spe cimens throughout the year the em ploy ment of so much time as would be necessary to make these investigations and to digest the result of them in a de tailed report might demand some com pensation ; but from the tenor ol the let hat gentleman provements 1 t solicitous ot compensation expecting to degree in the f the interests his own im i at any rate 1 he willing to ith the board report of his ty â€” the com that the legislature would not hesitate to lend their aid to the entepiize if fairly brought before them from any quarter if the fact be so it car.nol be doubted that tbe proposi'ion would be certain to meet with a favorable rrc-p'i pt c v t \*\> wc s m \\ uig . the coppersmithing and tin plate business heretofore transacted by d cress sen will in future b â– conducted by me at the same place those who favor me with their custom may de pend on having their work done with neatness durability anel despatch may 14 edward cress \\ ill be inserted at fifty cent9 re for the first insertion anel twenty-five each subsequent one advertisements stance must be paid for or their pay unied by a responsible person before bev published rowan l j u(ui-;iÂ».'i v kstaijlishment asmmpf!n^si y a " act ? f lk " 1:wt rp^slature thc county 1 11 gauulijn a !> court of rowan i a-i!w:zed to s-.'l the w stokes countv | present poor-house estab sn if and with the wit pleas and quarter sessions june ' proceeds Â»*>Â«Â«Â«$ ''' m â– Â»Â« *****, d ri 1823 constantine l banner w other buildings ... mi , more central si l winston original attachment le 1 - i '".'"- the county c h accordingly have thirty-five acres of iknd it appearing , a committee to ascertain what can itisfaction ofthe court that the defen ! be obtained f r -..- â€¢ lands and improvements bert l winston is an in inhabitant of and to m:tk ' * m ; "' ' i lhe s:ullc ; he pt*nu government it is therefore ordered that sts ' " s!s j s . of 200 aeri of land the greater ion be made in the western carolinian . i 5 ""- Â°* v ' ch s v Â«â€¢' d nd ' a " ri l t ' l " l1 Â°* n,n Â« reeks requiring the said robert i w in 'â– y *""Â« log houses tl ere is also a spring of be and apnea at the next court of extent water near the houses d quarter sessions to he held for the i ' h z 8uh Â» m ' * 'Â» " c ' ve proposals for ihe f stokes at the court house in german p 5 c > ;'â– " ; :"' .. , '< ' fr '. m "" h ' 5 he second monday in september next > , " t ' the â€ž ot the ensuing august 1 there to replevy pleau or demur o i ( ' onn -. . pers f ns ' sh,n s t0 pÂ«n:hase will state judgment will be rendered against him i 1 " b the price they arc willing to give g to the plaintiff's demand and the terms ot payment nrtwav j matthew l moore c c^^^^^^^^^^^^^ly l , zdm adv s4 fl ters addresseel to the editor must be or they will net be attended to bankruptcy ? like the alps ike the hnite grand anal or like open tne navigation of ers does this undertaki nations that threaten fi lances of the state ? quiiiniranv surhp^pl flitures the whole cont of the enterpiise thoum some consequence to 0ft t3 small fortune is almos^*too small a sun to ask cf ibe legist rfe of a great sta'e â€” an expense so limited indeed that il is believed the board of agriculture may sustain it without curtailing their other objects or certainly with such%id as they might easily obtain still if the enter piize is worth undertaking at alffcit should doubtless be projected on no mean scale but nn a scale sfficienlly extensive to cones pond with the magnanimity of the'object in view and to comport with the dignity j of the state in an application made on ti i c subject several years ago io the board i ol i tern d improvements a trilling sum was named but this it is understood was designed merely for the purpose of a small experiment lo enable that body to judge better respecting the value of the object and its bearing on the peculiar interests committed to their charge it is said that the board were unanimous in their opinion respecting the utility of the plan proposed and that a great part ol the members thought that its objects fell sufficiently within their province to warrant their making an appropriation for it ; but owing to tne t upks ol a few it was thought besi to recommend the measure to the legislature for special patronage ltwasaicordingly submitted aud was adopted in the commons una nimously ; but being introduced into the senate during the hurry of business quite at the close ofthe session it was thrown aside without much consideration on the whole however this trial was suffi cient to show that the proposition was regarded in a very favor.ble light by the board of internal improvements by the moat numerous branch of the legislature and by the public the small sum that was named . t ihat time which was only one hundred dollars cannot be consider ed however as a fair criterion by which to estimate the expences of the under taking now contcmplf ted ; since that sum as the application itself declares was in tended merely by way of experiment a fairer estimate of the probable expences ofthe entei prize e ontemplated at present may be made out from the following state ments â€” in order to make such a survey of the state as may be sufficient to accom plish these useful ends proposed several years will be required ; though it is ho ped and believed lhat immediate benefits will result and that in all cases the be nefits will be commensurate with the part of the enterpt ize already accomplished but we must reflect that our state is equal in extent to some of the most considera ble kingdoms of the old world embracing nearly 50,000 square miles to make a complete survey of so large a territory would imply immense labor ; but to make such on examination as would have a great tendency to bring to light those useful substances before enumerated would not require those minute observations which would be necessary to a complete and scientific survey to accomplish this however it would be necessary for the geologist to travel into various parts of the state â€” to cross it a number of times from east to west â€” and occasionally to blast rocks and make excavations but much also might be done by a correspond ence with men of intelligence and much by collecting specimens which when as sembled from various parts of the state and carefully compared would lead to important conclusions without the ne cessity of personal observations the expenses then would be such as would ac crue from travel including an attendant â€” from such ocsasional operations as ex cavating and blasting and from an ex tensive correspondence sir john sin clair in collecting materials for his sta tistical account of scotland carried on a j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^pnil llli ll ii|iiiiiiiii bp^^^^^b^^^jtuul the ;â– ,.;â– [ it ot his services.-^leaving then the payment of personal services out oflhe question tbe actual expenses io be defrayed might be from three to four hundred dollars a year the appropriation to be commenced under the expectation of being continued for several years but stjfl subje ct to be withdrawn if at any time it should appear desirable t_t the proper authority to elo so under whose direction and at whose ctfirge shall the survey be carried â– u ? 1 concur with you sir entirely in the opinion that the enterprize ought to be under the direction of the board of ag riculture i beg leave to offer my rea sons in order i have now sir concluded the observa tions which were suggested to my mind by ihe proposition offered to the public bv tbe rowan agricultural society it appeared to me that our mineral resour ces are great hut they remain for the most part useless because thev are so lit tle known ; â€” that they are in their nature of very great practical utility in relation to agriculture and the atts and is proved both by actual enumeration of the sub stances themselves and by the most res pectable authorities ; â€” that tl.e expense lequired to explore them is inconsidera ble compared with the benefits likely to accrue from such an entcrpiize ; â€” that this may be sustained by the board of ag riculture and that the undertaking wiil be most advantageously conducted under their auspices i have heard ifsuggested that the publication of these letters is premature â€” that it ought to have been deferred at least until the organization of the board of agriculture since " what is committed to the perishable columns of a newspaper soon sinks into oblivion ; and accordingly the considerations urged re specting the importance and utility of making a geological survey will be for gotten long before the meeting of that body if sir any such want of judgment is implied in calling the attention of our citizens to this subject at so early a stage of our operations to improve the state of our agriculture and domestic arts i must impute the blame to the rowan so ciety by whose proposition as presented by yourself my remarks have been elici ted but it seemed to me desirable that the public should be made more explicit ly acquainted with the natuie and design of such an enterprize some time before those who are entrusted with its general interests should be cailed on to act in be half of their fellow citizens july 18 1323 north carolina yottce there mill be sold at thc court house in salisbury on thursday of august court the balance of unsol personal propertj belonging tothe hon v locke deceased viz waggon geers c and a few othe s:;.a'l articles eight months credit will he given ami bond anel secu rity required n b all persons indebteel to the estate of said dec'd are carni stly requested to make pay ment as longer indulgence will not he given all those havi g claims may present them anel receive pay i:j::7s rot'l ex'r iredell county rt of pleas and quarter sessions may ssion 1823 james torrence vs charles tier original attachment levied in the f alfred d kerr and he summoned as ee ; also on one negro boy it appear tie satisfaction ofthe court that the ele in this cause resides out of this state it fore orelereel that publication be made in stern carolinian for three months succes that unless the defendant appear before art on the first day of the next term to for the county aforesaid at stat es il ic on xl monday in august next and replevy perty levied on and plead to tlie said the plaintiff will be heard ex parte and nt rendered against said defendant pro 1 it is proposed to give to the surveys in question such a shape as will be pecu liarly aelapted to the objects of the board namely the improvement of agriculture and rural economy 2 this body is in its constitution well adapted to such a purpose being coin posed of such as will probably be pecu liarly able to comprehend the relations which such surveys bear to the special interests committed to their charge of such as may inspire the hope that they wi be governed by no local or narrow feelings but will bend their exertions to wards those great and commanding ob jects which involve the interests of the community at large even were the le gislature to extend their immediate pa tronage to the proposed surveys it would still probably be best to have them con ducted under the direction of the board of agriculture 3 1 hat board would be the most suit able organ through which to communi cate the practical results of such labors to the public of a variety of matter that might be presented to their notice they would be lhe best judges of that which would be most important and uselul to their constituents and that they might publish in their transactions matter which thus came recommended to the community by iheir sanction and autho rity would acquire more confluence be more extensively read and more fully re duced to practice than what comes from a single unsupported individual with regard to their means of defray ing the expenses of the undertaking i have no doubt of their ability to do that should they be disposed to engage in it with vigor and perseverance it may be doubtful however whether it would be safe to rely on any aid from the county societies as you propose it would pro bably be difficult to effect any general concert among them and partial contri butions would operate unfairly but i be lieve the board will not find it necessary to have recourse to them for assistance i hey will find the funds placed at their disposal more than adequue to the ac complishment of those sceptic objects meniioned in the act ; and doubtless it was not the intention of that act to limit their views to the few objects enumerat ed but to commit to their direction the general interests of agriculture and the useful arts it is believed therefore that a portion of their actual funds may be appropriated to surveys in perfect con formity with the spirit and design of their appointment if as you suppose the state agricultu ral society has necessarily become extinct by the late arrangements and the board of agriculture is its legitimate successor i see no objection to its being also invested with any remaining funds of the institu tion to be applied as suggested in your proposition but should the board be unable to sup port the surveys by either or both of these resources may we not hope that they could obtain special aid from the legisla tuie it is believed by many good judges j 25 1823 luvn wivy t^eo '.'",' he 1 subscriber on the b Â£'.'â– *, w^z jj^p 1 -^ eight or thirty vears of age live carolina | m j fe six i.r sevtiiinches high yrl w ___ **_*-* 5 li low complexion say a inulatio kt>r rirk ., c0un j y u iao f i ' has a dentin his forehead occa or court of law march term 182b j .. s - 1()ned bv a blow a i so a waa on fe penington ezekiel penington : h5s hmd fmm a hurt ha9 a sct teethj for divorce and alimony it appearing b()m appearance blgb n08l . in i vv , rs a paip of itisfrction of the court that the elefen vvm j me took wit!l bim lari ,â€ž is c ] otb j iur , us case resides without tne l.n.its of this mi obtained a peri nit to pass to mr matthew is therefore ordered by the court that ; i rr : s Â» on be made in the star and western j â– anvpcrsonnp p rf l,endir.g sale negro and con in for three months that the defendant | fin1 - ,'â€žâ€ž, n a , v ja ;, â€ž â€ž,.. , nlted gtate it the next superior court of law to be j sq u|at , t w ; shi .â€ž ,, . iberallv rewarded the county of burke at the court-house | and a , re Â£, onabb expenses paid by their giv knton.on the fourth monday of sept em j llfi>rma .- mn to mr . benjamin colquett ithen and there topleadto said petition ] grcensb , rpugil . geo denni * wa8 purc | iast . c i the petition will be heard ex parte . t]u . i , c Â° lquett near frederickstown ma w\ma aceorflinerlv ' ' i 1 ... i .,' ,:, ,.., c , a vv mi vowiv r n v r r n and twelve 1 . t.i past m . w w lrwin c ii s c j \\ illiam alexander â– w^^____mm 1 r simontox cl'k lest adv 3 mt71 may 30 te o,1l noyhi carolina iredell county riou court of law spring term 1823 harine cowan vs thomas cowan pe r divorce in this case it is ordered by jrt that publication be made for three in the star and western carolinian that iendanl appear at the next court to be the county of iredell at the court house sville on the 5th monday after the 4th - in september next and plead answer nr otherwise judgement will be had pro >, and the cause heard ex parte witness r \\ okke cvk adv s4 3ir,t'71 l\-.ai\-.l\\ay or ijjrow the subscriber on the 4th july a mulatto fellow narr tl rill 23e>r 24 years of age 5 feel 4 or 5 inchi ? high with a remarkable sin gular mark on the right side of his nose rather of a purple colour h.s clothing not recollecteel he has been in ihe ja ! of salisbury i will gi e a reward of 0 dollars to any per son who will deliver the said ntgro to mc or se cure him in jail so i may get him or 25 dollars if stolen on delivery of him anel the thief if he has a free pass i will gne a reward of 50 dol lars for the delivery ol him and the person who pave it to him upon its being satisfactorily pro ven that he is the person i purchased said ne gro of dr isaae philips of rockingham county samuel guy iredell county a'h july 1823 62tf if the british board of agriculture which has been established about 30 years are admitted to the plea that their plans have not had time to be fully developed then surely it would be unreasonable to expect that all the advantages which our efforts to develope the resources of the state and to improve the condition of it agriculture and arts are to produce should be apparent al the very commence menl of those efforts we show that geology has a great tendency to lead to useful dis coveries ; but we do not assert that all the discoveries it has a tendency to make will appear at once while therefore we would wish to guard against fallacious hopes and unreasonble expections we may still confidently assert that the chance of making useful discoveries in this state is unusually fair both because its mineralogy is so rich and diversified and because it has been so little explored but were no new discoveries to be made it would be a sufficient reason for investi gating the resources of our geology 3hould nothing more be accomplished than merely to ascertain the extent and describe the various practical uses of cer tain minerals already known to exist among us and it may deserve to be dis tinctly remembered that the expenses of the undertaking would be refunded to th community with extravagant interest by the discovery i do not say of all the use ful substances before enumerateel but of a single bed or vein of any one of them te o voi*t carolina iredell county tt of equity spring term 1323 iliam sloan vs samuel carson david andrew carson william carson ele rson mary carson james scott a-id his rtha jacob weathetby and his wife mar iriginal bill for the conveyance of bind ring to the satisfaction ofthe court f hat e elefendants hve beyond the limits of c it is therefore ordered by the court lication be made in the western caro r three months successively that unless ndants appear at our next court to be the county of iredell at the conrt n statesville on the fifth monday after th monday in september next then and plead answer or demur otherwise judg ii be taken pro confesso as to them and heard ex parte john n hart c m c e s4 3mt"6 house for sale mmvt t will sell my house and lot in sa h'gjrtj ft lishury on accommodating terms apply to t l cowan esq or to myself in ra leigh there is a good office belonging to the lot convenient for a lawyer or physician john beckw1th salisbury march 8 1823 44tf north carolina buncombe county county court july term 1823 jas m alexander vs john b craige ; original at tachment levied on land geo swain vs john b craige ; original attachment levied on land swain & gray'r john b craige ; original at tachment levied on land it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant in these cases lives without the limits of this state so that the ordinary process of the court cannot be served on him : it is therefore ordered that publication be made in the western carolinian six weeks successively for the defendant to ap pear at a county court to be held for buncombe county at the court house in asheville on the second monday after the fourth monday in sep tember next then and there to replevy and plead answer or demur to the plaintiff's de h.anels otherwise judgment final will be render ed agreeably to the stveral complaints filed test john miller cl'k 6t71 le o rs'oytli carolina rowan county 1rtor court of law april term 1823 : e weaver va william weaver peti orce it appearing to the satisfaction of irt that the defendant is not an inhabi this state it is therefore ordered by the iat publication be made for three months vestern carolinian printed in salisbury i defendant appear at the next superior f law to be held for the county of kow le court house in salisbury on the se oiulay after the fourth monday in sep next then and there to plead answer ir or the petition will be heard ex parte hy giles c s c adv g4 3mt70 under these impressions i shall leave the subject to be prosecuted by those who may feel convinced of its importance and be disposed to lend a hand io help it for ward if any such exist among us or to sink into oblivion if no mich signs of favor appear respectfully yours blanks of the various kinds commonly in use for sale at the office ofthe westehn carolinian walter raleigh